NTL confirms 6,000 job losses - NTL has confirmed it is to axe around 6,000 UK jobs while outsourcing a "significant number" as part of its merger with Telewest

More NHS job cuts - Another 1,000 jobs are to be axed in the health service, this time from the relatively new NHS Direct, bringing the total job losses across the sector to 13,000 over the past few months

Malaysia Airlines plans US$166m for job cuts - Malaysia's loss-making flag carrier, Malaysian Airline System Bhd, plans to spend 600 million ringgit ($268.14 million) to lay off about 6,000 staff, or a quarter of its workforce, a local newspaper said today.

Maxtor job cuts number in the hundreds - Seventy-five percent of Longmont's Maxtor employees will lose their jobs, following the completion of the company's acquisition by data storage rival Seagate Technology Corp.

Qantas announces further job cuts - Just three months after Qantas cut 500 jobs from its maintenance division, it's announced that another 1,000 positions will be cut in the administrative area

Orange plans up to 2,000 job cuts - Mobile phone operator Orange is planning to cut between 1,800 and 2,000 UK jobs in a drive to reduce costs.